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((Short description|List of Canadian events in 1994))
((More references|date=April 2023))

((Year in Canada|1994))
((History of Canada))

Events from the year '''1994 in Canada'''.

==Incumbents==
((Main|1994 Canadian incumbents))

=== Crown ===
* [[List of Canadian monarchs|Monarch]] – [[Elizabeth II]]<ref>((cite web |title=Queen Elizabeth II ((!)) The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/queen-elizabeth-ii |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=4 December 2022))</ref>

=== Federal government ===
* [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] – [[Ray Hnatyshyn]] 
* [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] – [[Jean Chrétien]]
* [[Chief Justice of Canada|Chief Justice]] – [[Antonio Lamer]] ([[Quebec]]) 
* [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] – [[35th Canadian Parliament|35th]] (from January 14)

=== Provincial governments ===

==== Lieutenant governors ====
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]] – [[Gordon Towers]]  
*[[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] – [[David Lam (real estate entrepreneur)|David Lam]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] – [[Yvon Dumont]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick]] – [[Gilbert Finn]] (until June 21) then [[Margaret McCain]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland]] – [[Frederick Russell]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] – [[Lloyd Crouse]] (until June 23) then [[James Kinley]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] – [[Hal Jackman]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Marion Reid]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] – [[Martial Asselin]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan]] – [[Sylvia Fedoruk]] (until May 31) then [[Jack Wiebe]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of Alberta]] – [[Ralph Klein]] 
*[[Premier of British Columbia]] – [[Mike Harcourt]] 
*[[Premier of Manitoba]] – [[Gary Filmon]] 
*[[Premier of New Brunswick]] – [[Frank McKenna]] 
*[[Premier of Newfoundland]] – [[Clyde Kirby Wells|Clyde Wells]] 
*[[Premier of Nova Scotia]] – [[John Savage (Nova Scotia politician)|John Savage]] 
*[[Premier of Ontario]] – [[Bob Rae]] 
*[[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Catherine Callbeck]] 
*[[Premier of Quebec]] – [[Robert Bourassa]] (until January 11) then [[Daniel Johnson, Jr.]] (January 11 to September 26) then [[Jacques Parizeau]] 
*[[Premier of Saskatchewan]] – [[Roy Romanow]]

=== Territorial governments ===

==== Commissioners ====
* [[Commissioner of Yukon]] –  [[John Kenneth McKinnon]] 
* [[Commissioner of Northwest Territories]] – [[Daniel L. Norris]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of the Northwest Territories]] – [[Nellie Cournoyea]]
*[[Premier of Yukon]] – [[John Ostashek]]

==Events==

===January to June===
*[[Winter]] – One of the coldest winters on record affects much of Canada.
*January 1 – [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) goes into effect.
*January 11 – [[Daniel Johnson, Jr.]], becomes premier of [[Quebec]], replacing [[Robert Bourassa]].
*February – The first Liberal budget slashes spending in an effort to cut the deficit. [[Unemployment Insurance]] and provincial transfer payments are especially hard hit.
*March 21 – A civilian inquiry in the behaviour of the [[Somalia affair|Canadian Airborne in Somalia]] is launched.
*April 1 – The community of Arctic Red River, Northwest Territories, is renamed to [[Tsiigehtchic]].
*April 5 – The [[Just Desserts shooting]] occurs in [[Toronto]],
*May 10 –  Annular solar eclipse happened in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
*June – An [[Ontario]] farmer is allowed to grow ((convert|10|acre|m2)) of [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] for research purposes.
*June 9 – Ontario's [[Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act]] (Bill 167), a bill proposed by the government of [[Bob Rae]] to extend [[civil union]] rights to same-sex couples, is defeated on a vote of 68–59 in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]].

===July to December===
*September 12 – [[1994 Quebec general election|Quebec election]], the [[Parti Québécois]] defeats the [[Parti libéral du Québec]], which had been in power for nine years.
*September 26 – [[Jacques Parizeau]] ([[Parti Québécois]]) is sworn in as premier of [[Quebec]], replacing [[Daniel Johnson, Jr]].
*October 5 and October 6 – Members of the [[Solar Temple]] cult commit mass suicide.
*December – [[Lucien Bouchard]] is infected with [[necrotizing fasciitis]] and loses a leg.

===Full date unknown===
*[[Conrad Black]]'s company buys the [[Chicago Sun-Times]].
*[[Bertram Brockhouse]] shares the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]].
*[[Cigarette]] taxes are slashed to battle smuggling and black market organizations.
*Canadian troops leave [[CFB Lahr]], ending the Canadian armed forces presence in Europe.
*The [[Alberta Court of Appeal]] strikes down a lower court ruling that [[homosexual]] persons are to be covered under the province's human rights legislation. The case, originally brought by [[Delwin Vriend]], was subsequently appealed to the [[Supreme Court of Canada]].
*American hardware retail chain, [[Home Depot]] buys the [[Aikenhead's Hardware]] chain.

==Arts and literature==

===New works===
*[[Margaret Atwood]]: ''Good Bones and Simple Murders''
*[[Robert J. Sawyer]]: ''Foreigner''
*[[William E. Bell (author)|William Bell]]: ''Five Days of the Ghost''
*[[Michael Ignatieff]]: ''Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism''
*[[Réjean Ducharme]]: ''Va savoir''
*[[Mordecai Richler]]: ''This Year in Jerusalem''
*[[Dave Duncan (writer)|Dave Duncan]]: ''The Living God''
*[[Hank Snow]]: ''Just a Hank Snow Story''
*[[Alice Munro]]: ''Open Secrets''
*[[Douglas Coupland]]: ''Life After God''
*[[Farley Mowat]]: ''Born Naked''

====Awards====
((Further|1994 Governor General's Awards))
*[[Giller Prize]]: [[M.G. Vassanji]]: ''The Book of Secrets''
*[[Books in Canada First Novel Award]]: [[Deborah Joy Corey]], ''Losing Eddie: A Novel''
*[[Geoffrey Bilson Award]]: [[Kit Pearson]], ''The Lights Go On Again''
*[[Gerald Lampert Award]]: [[Barbara Klar]], ''The Night You Called Me a Shadow'' and [[Illya Tourtidis]], ''Mad Magellan's Tale''
*[[Marian Engel Award]]: [[Jane Urquhart]]
*[[Pat Lowther Award]]: [[Diana Brebner]], ''The Golden Lotus''
*[[Stephen Leacock Award]]: [[Bill Richardson (radio)|Bill Richardson]], ''Bachelor Brother's Bed and Breakfast''
*[[Trillium Book Award]] English: [[Donald Haram Akenson]], ''Conor: A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien; Volume 1 Narrative'',
*[[Trillium Book Award]] French: [[Andrée Lacelle]], ''Tant de vie s'égare''
*[[Vicky Metcalf Award]]: [[Welwyn Wilton Katz]]

===Television===
*''[[The Kids in the Hall (TV series)|The Kids in the Hall]]'' ends

===Films===
((main|List of Canadian films of 1994))
*[[Atom Egoyan]]'s ''[[Exotica (film)|Exotica]]'' is released

==Sport==
*February 14  – The [[Vancouver Grizzlies]] are established as the [[NBA]]'s second Canadian team. They started play in 1995 
*February 27 – The [[1994 Winter Olympics]] end in [[Lillehammer]], [[Norway]].
*May 14 – The [[Kamloops Blazers]] win their second [[Memorial Cup]] by defeating the [[Laval Titan]] 5 to 3. The entire tournament took place at [[Colisée de Laval]] in [[Laval, Quebec]]
*June 14 – [[New York Rangers]] win their fourth (and first since 1940) [[Stanley Cup]] by defeating the [[Vancouver Canucks]] 4 games to 2. 
*July 6 – 3 more American teams ([[Las Vegas Posse]], the [[Shreveport Pirates]] and the [[Baltimore Stallions]]) are established in the [[Canadian Football League]]
*August 18–28 – [[1994 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia]]
*October – A [[Lockout (industry)|lockout]] closes the [[National Hockey League]] for the entire first half of the season.
*November 19 – The [[Western Ontario Mustangs]] win their sixth [[Vanier Cup]] by defeating the [[Saskatchewan Huskies]] 50–40 in the [[30th Vanier Cup]] played at [[Skydome]] in [[Toronto]]
*November 27 – The [[BC Lions]] win their third [[Grey Cup]] by defeating the Baltimore Stallions 26 to 23 in the [[82nd Grey Cup]] played at [[BC Place Stadium]] in [[Vancouver]]. Vancouver's own [[Lui Passaglia]] is awarded the game's [[Dick Suderman Trophy|Most Valuable Canadian]]
*[[Ice hockey]] is made Canada's official winter sport. [[Lacrosse]] is named official summer sport.

==Births==
*February 8 – [[Nikki Yanofsky]] born in Hampstead, Quebec
*February 16 – [[Matthew Knight]], actor
*February 19 – [[Jean-Carl Boucher]] born in Regina, Saskatchewan
*February 25 – [[Eugenie Bouchard]] born in Westmount, Quebec
*March 1 – [[Justin Bieber]] born in London, Ontario
*March 5 – [[Aislinn Paul]], actress
*March 13 – [[Andrea Macasaet]] born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
*March 25
**[[Keffals]], transgender activist
**[[Keven Aleman]], Costa Rican-born soccer player
*April 17 – [[Alanna Goldie]], fencer
*April 19 – [[Maddison Bird]] born in Scarborough, Ontario
*May 1 – [[Antoine Bibeau]], ice hockey player
*June 2 – [[Shroud (video game player)|Shroud]], Canadian streamer
*July 17 – [[Jessica Amlee]], actress
*July 27 – [[Winnie Harlow]], fashion model
*August 25 – [[Paul-André Brasseur]], actor
*September 8 – [[Élie Dupuis]], actor
*October 2 – [[Brendan Meyer]], actor
*October 9 – [[Jodelle Ferland]] born in Nanaimo, British Columbia
*November 11 – [[Connor Price]] born in Toronto, Ontario
*December 23 – [[Tianda Flegel]]

===Full date unknown===
*[[Sean Collins (1994-2007)|Sean Collins]], son of politician [[Chris Collins (Canadian politician)|Chris Collins]] (died [[2007 in Canada|2007]])

==Deaths==
*February 12 – [[Sue Rodriguez]], advocate for assisted suicide (born [[1950 in Canada|1950]])
*March 4 – [[John Candy]], comedian and actor (born [[1950 in Canada|1950]])
*April 17 – [[Robert Legget]], civil engineer, historian and non-fiction writer (born [[1904 in Canada|1904]])
*June 17 – [[Helen Battle]], first Canadian woman PhD in marine biology (born [[1903 in Canada|1903]])
*July 1 – [[Michael Cook (playwright)|Michael Cook]], playwright (born [[1933 in Canada|1933]])
*August – [[Wally Downer]], politician (born [[1904 in Canada|1904]])
*October 12 – [[Gérald Godin]], poet and politician (born [[1938 in Canada|1938]])
*December 10 – [[Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter)|Alex Wilson]], track and field athlete and Olympic silver medalist (born [[1905 in Canada|1905]])
*December 20 – [[John Wintermeyer]], politician (born [[1916 in Canada|1916]])

===Full date unknown===
*[[Arthur Julian Andrew]], diplomat and author (born [[1915 in Canada|1915]])
*[[Felix Partz]], artist and co-founder of the artistic collective [[General Idea]] (born [[1945 in Canada|1945]])
*[[Jorge Zontal]], artist and co-founder of the artistic collective [[General Idea]] (born [[1944 in Canada|1944]])
*[[Gordon Sparling]], filmmaker (born [[1900 in Canada|1900]])

==See also==
((Wikisource|Category:Canada:Acts of Parliament, 1994|Acts of Parliament, 1994))
((Portal|1990s))
* [[1994 in Canadian television]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1994]]

==References==
((Reflist))

((Canadian history))
((Years in Canada))
((Year in North America|1994))

[[Category:1994 in Canada| ]]
[[Category:1994 by country|Canada]]
[[Category:1994 in North America|Canada]]
[[Category:1990s in Canada]]
[[Category:Years of the 20th century in Canada]]

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